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March 24, 2011

Monetary Policy
Can Renewables Replace Nuclear Energy?

Japan’s nuclear industry is in full-blown crisis, raising global concern as to the safety and viability of nuclear energy. In response, China has frozen its nuclear reactor development program, w…

Can Renewables Replace Nuclear Energy?
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

January 22, 2016

Turkey
Winter Storm Reading

Snow- and Middle East–themed reading for this weekend's winter storm.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

September 14, 2011

Defense and Security
Deficit Reduction Update

Congressional Budget Office Director, Doug Elmendorf, testifies before the first hearing of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on September 13, 2011. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) Thr…

Congressional Budget Office Director, Douglas Elmendorf, begins his testimony before the first hearing of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 13, 2011. The panel has the job of finding at least $1.2 trillion in government budget savings over the next decade. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

April 23, 2018

Saudi Arabia
Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy: Reading the Tea Leaves of the Trump Tweet on OPEC

During his visit to the United States, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inopportunely noted in an interview with Reuters news service that Saudi Arabia was “working on moving from a model agree…

The masthead of U.S. President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account with a message about OPEC policy is seen on April 20, 2018.
Blog Post by Amy M. Jaffe Energy Realpolitik

April 30, 2014

United States
Missing in Asia: The Pivotal Person in Obama’s Pivot

It is tough to get a fix on what is wrong with President Obama’s Asia pivot. On the face of it, it is the perfect policy at the perfect time: it serves America’s economic interests by pushing a high-…

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses next to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a joint news conference in the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo April 24, 2014. Abe said on Thursday that he will continue to explain his visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead to gain understanding from neighbouring Asian countries. REUTERS/Larry Downing (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS)
Blog Post by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound